Extradition Regulations 1988

A person who is summoned to attend before a magistrate or an eligible Judge as a witness shall not:

without reasonable excuse, fail to attend as required by the summons, after payment or tender of a reasonable sum for expenses of attendance;

refuse to be sworn or to make an affirmation as a witness or, without reasonable excuse, to answer any question when required to do so by the magistrate or Judge; or

without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to produce any document or other article that the person was required to produce by the summons.

An offence against paragraph (1)(a) is an offence of strict liability.

For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.